Who can top this earliest Padres memory?

by kev on Mar 22, 2005 1:38 PM PST in News

October 7, 1984 - I was one of the few to witness the greatest Padres moment in team history. At age 8, I think I have dex and jbox beat in terms of being a dedicated Padre fan longer. They're newbies in my book, but still well versed to represent this blog as they're die hard fans.

Back to Mr. Garvey's famous homerun. I still remember like it was yesterday. It was one of those father-son bonding moments that you see in The Natural or Friday Night Lights. Garvey hits the long ball off of Lee in the 9th to win the game and send it to game 5. The Murph was going nuts and they started playing Cub-busters. My Dad puts me on his shouders and we just start singing and partying with the rest of San Diego that night.

Too bad we got our asses handed to us by Detroit in the WS.

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The Garvey HR

I was living in Virginia and a friend had driven out from SD to stay w/me. Both of us screaming like a loon..my neighbors ran outside to see if someone was hacking me to death or some such nonsense..I had to make an appearance before someone called the cops..its ok folks..nothing here to see, just a rabid baseball fan rooting for the hometeam. They shook their heads and walked back into their respective homes..

by dusty on Mar 24, 2005 2:27 PM PST reply actions